“Congress is in dire need of business leaders like Bob Turner, not another career politician,” Giuliani said in a statement released by Turner’s campaign.

“This country needs to start creating jobs again and Bob Turner has the national and international business know-how to help move us in that direction. I’m proud to join Mayor Ed Koch and others in endorsing Bob Turner for Congress, and I strongly urge Brooklyn and Queens residents to vote for him on September 13th.”

Giuliani, who is still mulling his own political future, will do an in-person event for Turner later in the campaign. The special election is on Sept. 13 – concurrent with the regularly scheduled primary election.